Wikipedia:Update/1/Content policy changes, 2015

4th Quarter 2015

Wikipedia:Article titles
- New subsection, WP:TITLE#Name changes, expanding on a sentence above this subsection: "Sometimes, the subject of an article will undergo a change of name. When this occurs, COMMONNAME still applies, but we give extra weight to sources written after the name change is announced. If the sources written after the change is announced routinely use the "new" name, Wikipedia should follow suit and change relevant titles to match. If, on the other hand, sources written after the name change is announced continue to use the "old" name, Wikipedia should continue to do so as well, per WP:COMMONNAME."

Wikipedia:Verifiability
- In WP:V#Responsibility for providing citations, added: [Whether and how quickly material should be initially removed for not having] "an inline citation to" [a reliable source depends on the material]

3rd Quarter 2015

Wikipedia:Article titles
- In WP:TITLE#Disambiguation, added: "Commas and round brackets are the only characters that can be used to separate a disambiguator in an article title, that is apart from a limited use of ":" (colon) for subtitles of some creative works and lists split over several pages."
- WP:TITLE#Using minor details to naturally disambiguate articles was rewritten.
- In WP:TITLE#Special characters, added: "Similarly various apostrophe(-like) variants (’ʻ ʾ ʿ ᾿ ῾ ‘ ’ ^c), should generally not be used in page titles. A common exception is the apostrophe character (') itself (e.g. Anthony d'Offay), which should, however, be used sparingly (e.g. Quran instead of Qur'an). If, exceptionally, other variants are used a redirect with the apostrophe variant should be created (e.g. 'Abdu'l-Bahá redirects to `Abdu'l-Bahá)."

Wikipedia:No original research
- In WP:NOR#Primary, secondary and tertiary sources, added: "A source may be considered primary for one topic but secondary for a different one, and sources can contain both primary and secondary source material for the same topic."

Wikipedia:Verifiability
- In WP:V#Quoting non-English sources, removed: [When quoting a non-English source (whether in the main text, or in a footnote] "or on the talk page", [a translation into English should always accompany the quote.]

Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not
- In WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not a directory, added: "Simple listings without context information. Examples include, but are not limited to: listings of business alliances, clients, competitors, employees (except CEOs, supervisory directors and similar top functionaries), equipment, estates, offices, products and services, sponsors, subdivisions and tourist attractions. Information about relevant single entries with encyclopedic information should be added as sourced prose. Lists of creative works in a wider context are permitted."
- In WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, added: [Certain scientific extrapolations are considered to be encyclopedic, such as chemical elements documented by IUPAC before isolation in the laboratory,] "provided that scientists have made significant non-trivial predictions of their properties."
- WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not censored was rewritten.

2nd Quarter 2015
No significant changes to the policies this quarter.

1st Quarter 2015

Wikipedia:Article titles
- In WP:TITLE#Precision, added "In other words, adding the state name is in deference to common name, not disambiguation."
- In WP:TITLE#Using minor details to naturally disambiguate articles, added: [Many such differences involve capitalization, punctuation,] "accentuation," [or pluralization]
- In WP:TITLE#Considering title changes, added: "Consensus among editors determines if there does exist a good reason to change the title."